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Published in final edited form as: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2008 Aug 9;44(2):120–124. doi: 10.1007/s00127-008-0407-0

Table 2.

Predictors of smoking cessation

Predictors	Adjusted
	β	SE	OR	95% CI
Education
High school dropout/graduate	Reference
Attended college/completed college	0.507	0.245	1.7	1.0, 2.7
Age group
18–21	Reference
22–26	0.537	0.380	1.7	0.81, 3.6
27–30	1.9	0.377	6.6	3.2, 13.8
Marital status
Married	0.863	0.243	2.4	1.5, 3.8
Divorced, separated, widowed, single	Reference
Onset age nicotine dependence
≤21	1.7	0.306	5.7	3.1, 10.3
>22	Reference
Past year substance use disorder^a
No	0.555	0.247	1.7	1.1, 2.8
Yes	Reference
Past year mood disorder
No	Reference
Yes	0.450	0.238	1.6	0.98, 2.5

Alcohol or drug use abuse/dependence